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Why is the Rust compiler so slow?

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302 points Bogdanp | 1 comments | 26 Jun 25 19:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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adastra22 ◴[26 Jun 25 20:10 UTC] No.44390813[source]▶
As a former C++ developer, claims that rust compilation is slow leave me scratching my head.
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eikenberry ◴[26 Jun 25 20:22 UTC] No.44390918[source]▶
Which is one of the reasons why Rust is considered to be targeting C++'s developers. C++ devs already have the Stockholm syndrome needed to tolerate the tooling.
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MyOutfitIsVague ◴[26 Jun 25 20:56 UTC] No.44391267[source]▶
Rust's compilation is slow, but the tooling is just about the best that any programming language has.
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GuB-42 ◴[26 Jun 25 23:45 UTC] No.44392557{3}[source]▶
How good is the debugger? "edit and continue"? Hot reload? Full IDE?

I don't know enough Rust, but I find these aspects are seriously lacking in C++ on Linux, and it is one of the few things I think Windows has it better for developers. Is Rust better?

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1. mdaniel ◴[27 Jun 25 01:41 UTC] No.44393092{4}[source]▶
> How good is the debugger? "edit and continue"?

Relevant: Subsecond: A runtime hotpatching engine for Rust hot-reloading - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44369642 - June, 2024 (36 comments)

> Full IDE?

https://www.jetbrains.com/rust/ (newly free for non-commercial use)

> find these aspects are seriously lacking in C++ on Linux

https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ (same, non-commercial)